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acteme

acteme noun: a unit of behavior.

Noun

acteme (plural actemes)

  1. A unit of behavior.
    • A realisation of an acteme is called an act, and is the content of one semantically homogeneous verse series.1970, Fritz Kramer, Literature among the Cuna Indians

Forms of acteme

pluralactemes

Origin of acteme

From act + -eme.

Questions about acteme

What does acteme mean?
Acteme means a unit of behavior.
What part of speech is acteme?
Acteme is a noun.
What is the plural of acteme?
The plural of acteme is actemes.

Words near acteme in the dictionary

  1. acted up
  2. acted upon
  3. acted-out
  4. actedron
  5. actedst
  6. acteme
  7. actemes
  8. Acteon
  9. acteonellid
  10. acteonellids
  11. acteonid

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